Restoration of Threatened Arable Weed Communities in Abandoned Mountainous Crop Fields

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Kohler, Florian ^a,b   Vandenberghe, Charlotte ^c   Imstepf, Ralph ^b   Gillet, François ^a,b,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abandoned crop field; Agro biodiversity; Fertilizer; Natural regeneration; Seed sowing; Triticale production

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ARABLE LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLOWING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION COVER; WEED;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 78651325995     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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